# Service bulletin SB\-21\-11\-001

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10187489
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-02\-22
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-21\-11\-001
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-01\-22
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

On some Model 3 vehicles, the body joint sealant on the outer rear quarter panels are missing or were not properly applied, causing water ingress to the trunk compartment.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10187489-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10187489-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2020 TESLA MODEL 3

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2023657](/recalls/tc/2023657.md), 2023-12-12: Accessories
- [2023063](/recalls/tc/2023063.md), 2023-02-14: Accessories

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SB\-24\-10\-005](/bulletins/11001923.md), 2024-06-20, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Certain Standard Range Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that received the Lithium Iron Phosphate \(LFP\) HV Battery Retrofit did not receive the 2nd row floor reinforcement plate, which provides additional protection for the LFP HV Battery.
- [OwnersD](/bulletins/10253670.md), 2024-04-29, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.
- [Index390](/bulletins/10253666.md), 2024-04-29, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO \(TOUCH\)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.
- [Owners](/bulletins/10253657.md), 2024-04-29, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO \(TOUCH\)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT; EQUIPMENT. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.
- [Index389](/bulletins/10253655.md), 2024-04-29, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO \(TOUCH\)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT; EQUIPMENT. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.
- [terminal](/bulletins/10252961.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Owner's Manual.
- [developF](/bulletins/10252956.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Owner's Manual.
- [develop](/bulletins/10252948.md), 2024-04-08, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. Owner's Manual
- [Owners documenta](/bulletins/10251056.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.
- [Owners documenta](/bulletins/10251046.md), 2024-03-04, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; EQUIPMENT. Tesla does not provide physical owner's manual copies. Instead, all available owner?s manual content is integrated into the vehicle software, and only the content relevant for a given vehicle, based on vehicle configuration and software version installed, is displayed on its touchscreen. This file contains all available owner?s manual content for Model 3 vehicles converted to PDF format, and given the distribution method and NHTSA?s submission format requirements, it is the best available representative copy of owner?s manual content. However, a customer who accesses the owner?s manual via their vehicle?s touchscreen would only see the parts of this PDF file that are relevant to their vehicle.

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